AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) has been assigned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the five research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $9.92.

AGNC has been the topic of several recent research reports. StockNews.com upgraded AGNC Investment from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 31st. UBS Group reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and set a $9.00 price objective on shares of AGNC Investment in a report on Wednesday, December 6th. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their target price on AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 25th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Monday, January 22nd. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $8.50 to $10.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 13th.

Insider Transactions at AGNC Investment

In other news, CFO Bernice Bell sold 10,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.85, for a total value of $98,500.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 287,282 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,829,727.70. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Founders Financial Alliance LLC boosted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 56.9% during the 4th quarter. Founders Financial Alliance LLC now owns 57,699 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $566,000 after acquiring an additional 20,919 shares in the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its stake in AGNC Investment by 39.9% during the fourth quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 56,800 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $557,000 after buying an additional 16,200 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its stake in AGNC Investment by 89.7% during the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 49,635 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $487,000 after buying an additional 23,469 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in AGNC Investment by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 37,842 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $371,000 after buying an additional 1,563 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clearbridge Investments LLC increased its stake in AGNC Investment by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 7,380,614 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $72,404,000 after purchasing an additional 79,316 shares in the last quarter. 38.86% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

AGNC Investment Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AGNC opened at $9.44 on Monday. AGNC Investment has a one year low of $6.81 and a one year high of $11.58. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $9.64 and a 200-day moving average of $9.33. The company has a market capitalization of $6.34 billion, a PE ratio of 944.94 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a current ratio of 0.20.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, January 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.11. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 28.65% and a net margin of 7.59%. The company had revenue of $640.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $570.42 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.74 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that AGNC Investment will post 2.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a feb 24 dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 28th. AGNC Investment's dividend payout ratio is 14,414.41%.

About AGNC Investment

AGNC Investment Corp., formerly American Capital Agency Corp., is a real estate investment trust. The Company invests in agency residential mortgage-backed securities on a leveraged basis. Its investments consist of residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a government-sponsored enterprise, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), or by the United States Government agency, such as the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) (collectively, GSEs).

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